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Venerable Thubten Chodron Six conditions, five faults, eight antidotes
The six conditions for doing concentration retreat, the five faults affecting serenity meditation, and the…
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The hindrances: Doubt
What mindfulness means in developing serenity, and an explanation of the fifth hindrance that prevents…
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The hindrances: Dullness and restlessness
A guided meditation session followed by the continued teaching on the five hindrances to concentration.…
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The hindrances: Desire and malice
The difference between arhats and bodhisattvas in attaining full awakening. The hindrances of sensual desire…
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Ultimate goal of developing concentration
Exploring the long-term purpose of shamatha meditation and the positive impact to everyone.
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Venerable Thubten Tsultrim 
Healing from a war
Reflections on a Time Magazine article on how more U.S. soldiers have died by suicide…
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Divisions of selfless: Consciousness
What comprises the primary mind and mental factors that govern our actions and experience.
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Pure teaching of Dharma
When people show respect to you as a monastic, consider that they are bowing to…
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“Connected Discourses with Kassapa”
To implode our field of attachment and aversion while expanding our field of love and…
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A balanced mind in an election year
Cultivating equanimity towards people whose political views we disagree with.
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